12 DAYS MYANMAR ITINERARY

Enjoy “High Tea” at the Strand Hotel in Yangon, bring some flowers to the Royal Mother of Bago, explore the city of four million pagodas, board the RV Paukan 2007, on an unforgettable river cruise to Mandalay, the city of the last Myanmar King’s, travel to Amarapura the “City of Immortals”, visit the Sagaing Hills, a retreat for Buddhist devotees with numerous Pagodas, monasteries and nunneries and take a boat for excursions on Inle Lake (25 km) famous for its unique one-leg rowers, typical floating gardens, local methods of fishing and village life.

YANGON – BAGO – YANGON - BAGAN – RV PAUKAN 2007 - MANDALAY - AMARAPURA – MANDALAY – AVA - SAGAING - MANDALAY - HEHO - INLE LAKE – HEHO - YANGON

Available: July & August
Departure: every Friday and Monday
Price based on 2 persons/per person:
27.06.12 – 31.08.12: from US$ 1.466  up

DAY 01 (Fri. / Mon.) YANGON/ arrival day Upon arrival at Yangon International Airport welcome by our local tour guide and transfer to your hotel for check-in. In the afternoon drive to Mawtin Jetty and take a rickshaws for a short trip along the Yangon River, enjoy “High Tea” at the Strand Hotel built in 1896, once described as the "leading hotel of the East" and proceed to Botataung Pagoda, where sacred hair relic of Lord Buddha is enshrined in it. Overnight in Yangon.
DAY 02 (Sat. / Tue.) YANGON – BAGO – YANGON (B) After breakfast drive to Bago. En route stop at the Shwenyaungpin Nat Shrine to ask for a safe journey, visit the Allied World soldiers cemetery and Kyaikpun Phaya with four sitting Buddha images. In Bago Ss includes the interesting Bago Market with varieties of vegetables, flower and commodity goods, the Shwethalyaung Pagoda (Reclining Buddha), visit nearby Monastic Education Center, and the Mon village, with its array of Cotton weavers. Then to the 16 century Palace excavation and reconstruction site and visit the small, but excellent museum, the Shwemawdaw Pagoda and walk from there to the Hintha Gon Pagoda, the place where Bago was founded and bring some flowers to the Royal Mother of Bago. Late afternoon come back to Yangon.
DAY 03 (Sun. / Wed.) YANGON - BAGAN Early morning flight to Bagan. Full day sightseeing tour of Bagan with a diverse selection of the most important pagodas and temples, such as Shwezigon Pagoda, built by King Anawrahta in the early 11th century as a religious shrine; the Gu Byauk Gyi Temple, a temple with exquisite murals of Jataka scenes; the Ananda Temple, with four huge standing Buddha images and numerous seated figures in niches around the galleried interior and the Shwe Gu Gyi Temple, noted for its fine stucco carvings and panoramic views of the area’s many monuments. In the afternoon visit Myinkaba, two km south of Bagan. This village is well known for its lacquerware workshops and has also a number of interesting temples, as Nanphaya Temple, said to have once been the residence of King Manuha and Gu Byauk Gyi Temple, which has very nice frescoes inside. Overnight in Bagan.
DAY 04 (Mon. / Thu.) BAGAN (B) After breakfast visit Minnanthu, walk around the village, talk with the people and learn more about their daily live and visit also the Dhammayazika Pagode in Pwasaw, built in 1196 by Narapatisithu. In the afternoon visit Abeyadana Temple, with very interesting paintings, showing a Mahayana influence; the Nagayon Temple, an elegant and well-preserved temple, built by King Kyanzittha; the Ashe & Anauk Pagoda, with hundreds of unglazed terracotta tiles illustrating scenes from the jatakas and Lowkananda Pagoda, built in 1059 by King Anawrahta. Overnight in Bagan.
DAY 05 (Tue. / Fri.) BAGAN - RV PAUKAN 2007 (B,L,D) After breakfast you are transferred to the Shwe Kyat Yet Jetty and board the RV. Paukan 2007. The lovely Paukan is a boutique hotel on the river, beautifully furnished with a unique combination of modern and traditional motifs. The timber-walled cabins are furnished with colonial style cupboards, dresser and doors while the ceiling is traditional Myanmar. With fine cuisine and high standards of service a cruise on the Paukan is a unique travel experience. In the afternoon you arrive Thein Gone Village, situated just 10 km south of Pakokku. The village was established just 50 years ago on the fertile river plain close to the great River. Everyone in the village is a farmer and the main crops are corn, peanuts, tobacco and small areas of paddy. There is a pleasant Buddhist monastery with 5 monks and over 25 monastery boys and a state-run village school with 4 teachers, but they commute from nearby Pakokku. Dinner and overnight on board.
DAY 06 (Wed. / Sat.) RV PAUKAN 2007 – YANDABO (B,L,D) Yandabo is a rarely visited small village with no road access to the world. Dependant on the riverine economy this village is famous for the production of terracotta pottery made from river bank mud. See the pottery making process at various stages. You are invited into people’s homes and visit the local monastery. Lunch, dinner and overnight on the RV Paukan 2007.
DAY 07 (Thu. / Sun.) RV PAUKAN 2007 - MANDALAY (B) Upon arrival in Mandalay at appr. 10:00 visit gold leaf making industry, Mahamuni Pagoda, originally built by King Bodawpaya in 1784, hosting the revered Mahamuni image, cast in the 1st Century and now covered in thick gold leaves and arts and crafts center (bronze casting; stone carving, etc.). In the afternoon visit the Shwenandaw Monastery, noted for its exquisite wood carvings, Atumashi Monastery, the "Incomparable Monastery", the Kuthodaw Pagoda, known as the world's Biggest Book for its stone slabs of Buddhist scriptures and sunset on Mandalay Hill, a vantage-point for panoramic view of the city. Overnight in Mandalay.
DAY 08 (Fri. / Mon.) MANDALAY - AMARAPURA – SAGAING - MANDALAY (B) After breakfast drive to Amarapura the “City of Immortals” and visit the 150 year old Mahagandayon monastery, and famous Buddhist learning center. It is home to a thousand monks, who will form a procession as they go to take their noon and final meal of the day. Apart from Pagodas that have survived, the ancient art of silk and cotton weaving, using handlooms, is very much alive and visit U Bein wooden bridge, over 150 years old, which is still in use. After lunch drive over Ava bridge to Sagaing, 21 km southwest of Mandalay and visit the Sagaing Hills, a retreat for Buddhist devotees with numerous Pagodas, monasteries and nunneries. Visit the village of Sagaing, at the foot of Sagaing Hill with markets, shops and restaurants; one of the monasteries on the hillside; the Tilawkaguru cave temple, with mural paintings; Umin Thounzeh caves, containing 45 Buddha images and Soon U Ponya Shin Pagoda built in 1312. The view of Sagaing from here is outstanding. Late afternoon come back to Mandalay. Overnight in Mandalay.
DAY 09 (Sat. / Tue.) MANDALAY - HEHO – NYAUNG SHWE - INLE LAKE (B) Morning flight to Heho in Shan State. Upon arrival drive to Kaung Dine at the north-western shore of Inle Lake. From here take a boat for the excursion on Inle Lake (25 km) famous for its unique one-leg rowers, typical floating gardens, local methods of fishing and village life and the Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda housing five sacred and almost shapeless Buddha images, contorted because of the quantity of applied gold leaf, gifts from the believers. The Buddha images are purported to have come here in the 12th Century. In the afternoon, proceed to the silk weaving village of In Phaw Khon and visit Nga Phe Chaung (the biggest and oldest monastery around Inle Lake). Overnight at Inle Lake.
DAY 10 (Sun. / Wed.) INLE LAKE (B,L) Early morning drive by boat for appr. 2 1/2 hours south to explore the unspoiled culture and traditional life-style of the ethnic groups of Pao and Inthas around Sangha and Hmawbi area. Visit Kyauktaing, a Shan village live on earthenware pottery works; visit Kyainkhan village, to see the production of monk robes from fabrics of thousands of lotos stems and the production of high degree alcohol (CS-counrty spirit). Lunch at Thakong Pagoda. Late afternoon come back to your hotel for overnight.
DAY 11 (Mon. / Thu.) INLE LAKE – HEHO - YANGON (B) After breakfast transfer to the airport for the flight to Yangon. Upon arrival visit Sule Pagoda , dating back over 2000 years, the Mahabandoola Park with it's Independence Monument and walk around the downtown area and the sprawling Bogyoke Market. Wide streets, orderly town planning and neglected public buildings revive visions of British rule, while busy streets scenes and shimmering pagodas, bursting through a leafy canopy, hint at the rich local culture. Skyscrapers and glaring neon billboards have yet to overtake the capital.Late in the afternoon, visit the Shwedagon Pagoda described by Somerset Maugham: "The Shwedagon rose superb, glistening with its gold, like a sudden hope in the dark night of the soul of which the mystics write, glistening against the fog and smoke of the thriving city." This massive bell-shaped stupa rises nearly 100 meters above its hill-top surroundings. Wander through this magnificent structure and its courtyards, stupas, bells, Temples, and Buddha images, and see religious and secular visitors from all parts of the globe. Shwedagon has become the symbol of Myanmar. Enjoy the sunset over the Pagoda. Overnight in Yangon.
DAY 12 (Tue. / Fri.) YANGON / departure day Free at your own leisure till transfer to Yangon International Airport for your departure flight.

PRICE IN US$ PER PERSON VALID FROM 27.06.2012 - 31.08.2012

SERVICE:
- Bed & breakfast in double sharing room
- 16^th person FOC in single room
- Lunch and dinner as mentioned in our program
- Local guide throughout the tour (not for the river cruise from Bagan to Mandalay)
- Domestic flights by Air Bagan or Air Mandalay
- Air-con car/van/bus throughout the tour (not on day 10 for the full day sightseeing on Inle
  Lake, during the river cruise from Bagan to Mandalay)
- Entrance fees as indicated in our itinerary
- RV Paukan 2007 from Bagan to Mandalay (superior and first class / main deck and deluxe and 5* category / upper deck)
- All boat excursions as mentioned in our itinerary
- Porter fees at the airports
- Drinking water and refreshment tissues during the sightseeing

NOT INCLUDED:
- International air fare to/from Yangon
- Visa fees
- Intl. airport tax of US$ 10 per person
- Lunch & dinners not mentioned in our program
- Beverage
- Early check-in and late check-out
- Personal expenses such as camera fees, tips, laundry service, ect
- Porter fees at the hotels

Send booking request
Contact us:

^ Top ^
 

Travel-Myanmar.net
Shwe Gone Dine Tower 212, Building C, Apartment 006, Shwe Gone Dine Road, Bahan Township,
Yangon, Union of Myanmar.
Tel: 0095-1-552835
Fax: 0095-1-552654
E-mail: info@shweyoo.com.mm, shweyootravelmm@gmail.com
Website: www.travel-myanmar.net, www.burma-exclusive.com